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or brambles that may be in the way, and to make a splice 

 on a broken rod. Knives are also made with disgorger 

 blades set in, and others w r ith scissors to fold up. 



Knots. There are several which the angler will find 

 useful, and which he ought to learn to make, so that at any 

 time he can do them neatly and quickly. For joining or 

 making up a gut or hair casting line, there are four knots : 

 The first one is the single water knot, and this is made by 



SINGLE WATER KNOT. 



laying the two ends together and past each other about three 

 inches ; give these a turn over the right fore-finger and form 

 a loop ; slip this off, and pass the two ends to the left 

 through the loop and draw r tight, cutting off the short end 

 close up to the knot, or leaving about three-eighths of it to 

 lap with silk if it is thought right. This is a quick knot, 



DOUBLE WATER KNOT. 



and generally used to mend a broken cast when on the 

 bank of a river. It is pretty secure, and not apt to draw. 

 By passing the ends twice through the loop, the double 

 water knot is formed. It is clumsy, but very strong. The 

 single fisherman's knot is formed by laying two strands 

 of the gut together about four inches pzst each other; take 



